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UNITED STATES PATENT oEEIoE. HoRAoE YM-EOULK, or osHKoSH, WISCONSIN.

l 'RuNNrNG-GEAB Fon VEHICLES.

N O. 833,379. Specicatonof Letters Patent. 'PatentedOct 16, 1906.

Appiieationmea May 251205. serial No. 262,251. 4

To all whom t may concern: pieces, as8 and 9. The upper portion 9 of lBe it known that I, HoRAoE M. FoULK, a the lifth-.wheel has cast integral therewith citizen-of the UnitedStates, residing at Osh- .a springreceiving fportion 10, ywhich has kosh, in the county of Winnebago andSta-te formed `thereon lugs 11 11 `and l2 y12 for re- 6o of Wisconsin,.have invented new and useful ceiving springt-securing .members 13 114. Improvements in Running-Gear for Vehicles, Nearfeachfend ofthe portion lOspreferably of which the following is a specification., cast integral sockets 15 and `16, `which are This invention relates torunning-gears for adapted ,to .receive .theends of the yreachesf vehicles, and more especially to thatclass of and 6. The reaches 'and 6 are also'heldin -6 5 1o vehicles known as platform spring-wagons. place upon the upper part of the iifth-wheel The invention comprises the production of by means of bolts 17 and 18 and clamping a bifurcated reach and a fifth-wheel integral means, as 19 and 20. The clamping means with the spring-support. 19 and 20 pass through a cross-piece 21,

The invention further comprises the prowhich is formed integral with and rigidly at- 7o I5 duction of a fifth-wheel the upper part of tached to a stay 22, pivota'lly secured at 23 which is made integral and has formed thereto a bifurcated member 24, which in turn is n lugs for receiving spring-retaining means secured to a cross-bar 25, that is cast inteand a projecting lug or lip for guiding the gral with the lower portion 8 of the ifthlower portion of the fifth-wheel and a lower wheel 7. The stay 22 is preferably secured 75 2o portion made integral throughout and adaptat 23 by means of the pivotal rivet mounted ed to be secured to the front axle and be therein, but, as will be evident, may be held guided inits movement by the lug or lip in place by means of a king-bolt passing formed on the upper portion of the fifththrough the cross-brace 26 down through the wheel, as well as by the pivotal rivet acting bifurcated portion 24 and stay 22. 8o z 5 as a king-bolt. An important feature of my invention is The object in view is the production of a the sockets and 16 and the reach-supportfifth-wheel and reach that may be easily asing portions 27 and 28, extending therefrom sembled, of comparatively light weight, and and formed integral therewith. As will be of sufficient strength to withstand all the orclearly seen from the drawings, the members 8 5 3o dinary use to which it may be put. 5 and 6 are placed upon the portions 27 and 28, Another object in view is the production upon which they find a solid support and to of a bifurcated reach, a fifth-wheel cast in which they are rigidly secured. The portwo pieces, and means for securing a spring tions 27 and 28 preferably extend a short disto the upper part and the lower part to the tance beyond the iifth-wheel, so as to give 9o axle. ample support and space for securing the With these and other objects in view the members 5 and 6 in place. invention comprises certain other novel con- The members 5 and 6 are bifurcations of structions, combinations, and arrangements the member 4, which extend to therear in of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described the usual manner. Secured to the member 4 95 4o and claimed. at the point of bifurcation are braces 29 and In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective 30 by clamps 31 and 32, as will be clearly view of a fifth-wheel and reach embodying seen in Fig. 2. The braces 29 and 30 extend the features of my invention, parts being on an arc of' a circle to each end of the rear broken away to better disclose the invention. axle 2 and are secured in place by clips 11a roo Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the fifth-wheel and l la. As will be evident, these braces are reach embodying the features of my invenused to impart stability to the reach.

tion, certain parts being removed to better Having thus described my invention, what disclose the same. Fig. 3 is a section through I claim is- Fig. 2 on line 2 2. 1. In a device of the character described, 1o 5 5o In the preferred embodiment of my inventhe combination with a front and a rear axle,

tion 2, represents a rear axle, and 3 a front a reach secured to said rear axle, said reach axle. The reach, as 4, is bifurcated at one provided with diverging portions at its front end and is formed or spread so as to constiend, said fifth-wheel provided with reartute arms 5 and 6, which are adapted to fit wardly-extending sockets, the bifurcated 11o upon the upper portion of the fifth-wheel. portions of said reach seated within said The iifth-Wheel 7 is preferably cast in two sockets.

2 y 833,379y Y 2. In a device of the character described, 4. In a device of the character described, the combination With a liront and a rear axle, the combination With a front and a rear axle, a fifth-Wheel carried by said front axle, a a reach provided With bifurcated portions, reach secured to said rear axle, said reach connecting said axles, aith-Wheel carried by provided With bifurcated portions at one end, said front axle and connected to the bifurmeans securing said biuroated portion to cated portions of said reach, a drop-sta consaid fifth-Wheel, a drop-sta xedly secured nected to the bifurcated portions o said at one end to the billrcated7 portions of said reach, a yoke pivotally connected to said reach, and means pivotally connecting the l stay, and means connecting said yoke to said opposite end of said drop-stay to said axle. 'front axle. v

- 3. In a device of the character described, In testimony whereof I have hereunto set the combination With afront and rear axle, a my hand in the presence of two subscribing 3o reazlconrllecjftring said1 axls, abfitlh-Whel cs- Witnesses. rie t e ont ax e, o a i rcate yo e ixedlyrseoured to said front axle, and a drop- 'HORACE M FOULK stay ixedly secured at one end to said reach Witnesses:

and pivotally connected at its opposite end RICH. A. WEBER,

to said yoke. l l AVR. WATERHoUsE. 

